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Methods of Work Brad box Brads are easily accessible from open area. Hole for hanging box on wall (contin ued) your router base is one of the few that happens to be concentric, you can accomplish the same effect by adding layers of tape as shims on the outside edge of your router base. -Scott Bowen, Salt Lake City, Utah falls between two marks, call it plus or minus. If it falls a quarter of the way between two marks, call it long or sholto With a little practice, you can see the measurements at a glance. This system is accurate, and it eliminates the need for hard-to- see tiny lines and complicated measurements expressed in 32nds or 64ths. -Gary Allan May, Seattle, Wash. Quick tip: To quickly identify lathe tools on a shaving-covered lathe bed, paint the ends different colors to designate different functions: for example, green for skew chisels and yellow for parting tools. -Robert M. Sliding dovetail inserts screwed to each miter gauge Here's an idea I got out of a patternmaking handbook published in 1907. Make up brad storage boxes from thin scrapwood in sizes to suit, as shown. When laid horizontally on the bench, the brads are accessible in the open area. When hung on the wall, the brads will fall into the lower pOltion of the box. -Anthony Guidice, St. Louis, Mo. Approximating 64ths on a tape measure measure marked in 'As-in. increments Dovetail slot Frustrated by the inaccuracies and trial-and-error test cuts that seem to go with using a regular miter gauge on the tablesaw, I had set the gauge aside and relied on dozens of auxiliary fences preset to specific angles. But now, after years of not using that one miter gauge, I discovered all I really needed was two miter gauges connected by a hefty fence. To make the jig, I set one miter gauge in each slot and screwed a 2-in.-thick oak fence, 2 in. wider than the maximum height of the blade, to both of the gauges. To allow the fence to move slightly when the angle is changed, I cut a dovetailed slot, centered where the screw holes for the miter gauge go into the fence. Then I made some mating dovetail pieces, slid them in the dovetail slot and added screws through the miter gauges into the mating pieces. With the jig, I can measure the cut angle directly between the fence and the blade and hold angles more accurately. When I need to cut a complementary angle, I simply slide the workpiece along the fence and make a cut on the other side of the blade. -Joseph M. I usually carry a tape measure graduated in I/IG-in. increments. A fellow named Drummond Reed taught me a system to see and to communicate measurements down to 1/64 in. If the measurement 32 FI NE WOODWOR KI G Santapau, Yardley, Pa. Methods of Work buys readers' tips, jigs and tricks. Send details, sketches (we'll redraw them) and photos to Methods of Work, Fine Woodworking, P.O. Box 5506, Newtown, CT 06470-5506. We will return only those contributions that include an SASE. Vaughan, Roanoke, Va. Double miter-gauge jig for cutting angles Adjustable fence made from 8/4 lumber